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An Audiobook Odyssey.

The article reports on the benefits offered by audiobooks to elementary children in the U.S. It states that audiobooks help students to fully understand stories written in words through the use of sounds. It reveals that the Odyssey Awards for Excellence in Audiobook Production was established by th...

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Published in:Book Links Vol. 17; no. 4; pp. 30 - 32
Main Author: Burkey, Mary
Format: Article
Published: American Library Association Mar2008
Subjects:
Audiobooks
Children's audiobooks
Children's books
Children's literature
United States
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article reports on the benefits offered by audiobooks to elementary children in the U.S. It states that audiobooks help students to fully understand stories written in words through the use of sounds. It reveals that the Odyssey Awards for Excellence in Audiobook Production was established by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) to recognize the best audiobooks made available to children and young adult.